Process of irreversible nucleation in multilayer growth. II. Exact results in one and two dimensions

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Politi, Paolo ^a   Castellano, Claudio ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; NUCLEATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DIFFUSING PARTICLES; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; MULTILAYER GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DIMERS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 37649030772     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.031606     Document Type: Article

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